Content
92%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
This is a well-crafted, highly actionable skill that clearly sequences a multi-step document creation workflow with appropriate validation checkpoints and error handling. It is concise, assumes Claude's competence, and provides concrete patterns (filenames, commit messages, index rows) rather than abstract guidance. The only minor weakness is that the template is inlined despite referencing an existing template file, and the external references (AGENTS.md, CONSTITUTION) cannot be verified without bundle files.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | Every section earns its place. The skill assumes Claude knows what an ADR is, how markdown works, and how git commits function. The 'Do not' section is tight and addresses real failure modes rather than restating obvious things. No wasted tokens explaining basic concepts. | 3 / 3 |
Actionability | Each step provides concrete, specific instructions: exact filename patterns (NNN-short-descriptive-title.md), exact markdown template with field-by-field guidance, exact commit message format (docs(adr-NNN): <decision>), exact index row format. The triggers list is specific and enumerated, and the 'do not' triggers are equally concrete. | 3 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | The workflow is clearly sequenced as Steps 0-6 with explicit validation at Step 0 (confirm ADR is warranted — stop if not), collision handling in Step 1 (renumber if number exists on main), supersession handling in Step 4 with bidirectional updates, and a cross-reference sweep in Step 5. The 'Do not' section serves as a checklist against common errors, particularly the missing index row and stale status lines. | 3 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | The skill references external files (AGENTS.md, CONSTITUTION §7/§9, docs/decisions/000-template.md, docs/decisions/README.md) clearly and at one level deep, which is good. However, no bundle files are provided, so we can't verify these references resolve. The skill also inlines the full ADR template rather than simply pointing to the template file it already references, which is slightly redundant but arguably justified for clarity. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 11 / 12 Passed |